Reviews

A lengthy nine years have passed since Metallica last graced Boise, in December 2009. They have only performed in the City of Trees a half dozen times over the years. Wednesday night, the quartet returned to the Treasure Valley and laid a…

Downpour - Downpour
Label: Noize in the Attic
Release Date: December 7, 2018 (available digitally now)
Where to start. I interviewed Derek Kerswill and Matt LeBreton before I got a chance to write a review of the self-titled Downpour…

Sometimes the heathen metal gods smile down upon you and grant second chances to the unworthy. I was fairly disappointed in myself for having missed Behemoth on their earlier summer tour with Slayer. Redemption never sounded so sweet. I was…

Bloodbath - The Arrow of Satan is Drawn
Label: Peaceville Records
Release Date: October 26, 2018
When it comes to iconic death metal bands, few stand higher than the mighty Bloodbath. Formed in 1998, the band has gone on to produce some…

Haken - Vector
Released: October 26, 2018
Label: Inside Out Music
British prog titans Haken have just dropped their latest album, Vector, and it is another great edition to their plump repertoire of epic metal. Vector is their fifth…

All That Remains - Victim of the New Disease
Label: Fearless/R&T
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Let me start out by quoting, “I don’t want to write this, cause if I do it might be true,” which sums up how I am feeling as I write this…

The stars have aligned for the second time on Clutch's amazing Book of Bad Decisions Tour, where the Maryland quartet are sharing the stage alongside the mighty Sevendust. Metal Nation caught up with the two bands in Idaho earlier this…

It seems blasphemous, but I recently experienced the wrath of GWAR for the first time! The Virginian (I mean Scumdog...) outfit have been bringing forth violence and despair on this toilet earth since the 80’s. They are currently decimating…

Alastor - Slave to the Grave
Label: RidingEasy Records
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Magic and mystery, doom and death. This is what Alastor is all about, and that is how they want it to be. Doom metal band out of Sweden joined forces…